24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia, California 91355
661.255.1050
04 / 24
(all day)
Start: 06:24
End: 23:24
ART: D300 Gallery: CalArts Welcomes Members of the Armed Forces D301 Gallery: An Intervention at Sears by Bart Folkerts MFA L-Shape Gallery: Alejandro Sanchez MFA Main Gallery: Benjamine Lowrie BFA A402 Gallery: structures of fiction by Stephanie Owens MFA Lime Gallery: Neon Lingerie and the Occasional Earthquake by Jason Kraus BFA Mint Gallery: The Fourth Wall by April Totten MFA Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
CAP: Organized by the CalArts Community Arts Partnership(CAP) Start: 20:00
MUSIC: An evening of world percussion featuring the CalArts World Percussion Ensemble and the Hands On'Semble, who will work through a kaleidoscope of rhythms, forms and soundscapes, blending a multitude of drumming styles from around the world into original works for percussion that consist of both highly fixed compositions and open structures for extended improvisations. General admission: $7. Alumni: $3. | ||
04 / 25
(all day)
ART: D300 Gallery: CalArts Welcomes Members of the Armed Forces D301 Gallery: An Intervention at Sears by Bart Folkerts MFA L-Shape Gallery: Alejandro Sanchez MFA Main Gallery: Benjamine Lowrie BFA A402 Gallery: structures of fiction by Stephanie Owens MFA Lime Gallery: Neon Lingerie and the Occasional Earthquake by Jason Kraus BFA Mint Gallery: The Fourth Wall by April Totten MFA Start: 00:01
End: 23:59
FILM/VIDEO: A confessional booth that records individuals as they repeat what others have said to them. Start: 20:00
MUSIC: The CalArts African Music and Dance Ensemble, under the direction of Beatrice Lawluvi and Andrew Grueschow, will perform traditional repertoire from the Ewe and Dagomba people of Ghana, West Africa. This year the ensemble is fortunate to have Sulley Imoro, an extraordinary dancer from Ghana, joining them for the concert. His dynamic performances have inspired people the world over. General admission: $7. Alumni: $3. (all day)
THEATER: Puppetry and musical performances by various student performers. | ||
04 / 26
(all day)
THEATER: Puppetry and musical performances by various student performers. Start: 00:01
End: 23:59
FILM/VIDEO: A confessional booth that records individuals as they repeat what others have said to them. Start: 16:00
MUSIC: Recital of Medieval and Renaissance songs, as well as, American and Macedonian Folk tunes. Featuring Carmina Escobar, Mae Karthauser, Miroslav Tadic, and the band with no name playing original compositions. Start: 19:30
End: 21:00
CAP: The Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra is one the few orchestral music programs available in the Los Angeles area that trains students to perform masterpieces from all periods of the orchestral and chamber music repertoire. Through a partnership with CAP, CalArts School of Music students have been coaching SCVYO sectionals and will be performing with the students. The program will include masterworks by D’vorak and Copeland. Start: 20:00
MUSIC: An evening of Raag and Taal, North Indian classical music, featuring maestros Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri (tabla), and Aashish Khan (sarode). Details of the Raag and Taal will be announced by Aashish Khan. General admission: $7. Alumni: $3. | ||
04 / 27
Start: 00:01
End: 23:59
FILM/VIDEO: A confessional booth that records individuals as they repeat what others have said to them. Start: 20:00
MUSIC: The gamelan Burat Wangi (Fragrant Offering), under the direction of I Nyoman Wenten and Nanik Wenten, will present a concert of new dances and musical creations, a fusion between ancient traditions and contemporary ideas. The concert will be performed using the gamelan Gong Kebyar, the most modern Balinese orchestra. Special guests will include Swapan Chaudhuri, I Dewa Puta Berata, I Made Lasmawan, I Wayan Susila and Eko Supryanto. General admission: $7. Alumni: $3. | ||
04 / 28
Start: 00:01
End: 23:59
FILM/VIDEO: A confessional booth that records individuals as they repeat what others have said to them. Start: 11:04
ART: Visiting Artist, Mary Kelly will be lecturing in F200 this Thursday at 7:00 P.m. Her most recent installations include two rooms in the last Documenta exhibition and a portion of her work Post Partum Document was part of the WACK! exhibition at MOCA. She currently teaches at UCLA. For more information and to view her work please see the links below: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kelly_(artist) Start: 20:00
MUSIC: CalArts students and faculty perform works by Ligeti, Ravel, Davidovsky and others. | ||
04 / 29
Start: 00:01
End: 23:59
FILM/VIDEO: A confessional booth that records individuals as they repeat what others have said to them. Start: 19:00
FILM/VIDEO: Filmmaker Erika Vogt will introduce and discuss her work as part of the Structuring Strategies series. Start: 20:00
MUSIC: Music for/in/through water; come swim with the greasy tentacles of Dirty Squid and slippery friends. | ||
04 / 30
Start: 00:01
End: 23:59
FILM/VIDEO: A confessional booth that records individuals as they repeat what others have said to them. Start: 20:00
End: 22:00
DANCE: The Spring Dance Concert includes two programs which will include the best of our student choreographers and performers, faculty pieces by Glen Eddy and Stephanie Nugent, and a graduate piece choreographed by Mira Kingsley. Tickets for this event will go on sale on Monday, April 21. General admission: $7. Alumni: $3. Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2. To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu. Start: 20:00
MUSIC: The CalArts Percussion Ensemble performs music by John Cage, Bob LaDue, Wayne Peterson, John Bergamo, Michael Byron and Steve Reich. Start: 23:00
MUSIC: Recital of solo guitar and original compositions by Steven Ramos, and featuring special guests. | ||
05 / 1
Start: 00:01
End: 23:59
FILM/VIDEO: A confessional booth that records individuals as they repeat what others have said to them. Start: 06:03
End: 23:03
ART: Noise, music, performance demonstrating an alternative context for Fine Art. Bass guitar, electric guitar, drums, laptops and amplifiers will be utilized. (all day)
ART: D300 Gallery: Roots by the Foundation Photography class D301 Gallery: Roots by the Foundation Photography class L-Shape Gallery: Some ol' Legion of Bourgeois Vant Garde by the Foundation Art class Main Gallery: Some ol' Legion of Bourgeois Vant Garde by the Foundation Art class A402 Gallery: Some ol' Legion of Bourgeois Vant Garde by the Foundation Art class Lime Gallery: Some ol' Legion of Bourgeois Vant Garde by the Foundation Art class (all day)
ART: Curated by faculty member Allan Sekula in collaboration with the artists, this exhibition features work by 2008 MFA graduates Ian Arenas, Allie Bogle, Louisa Conrad, Lindsay Foster, Sidonie Loiseleux, Justin Long, Alejandro Sanchez and Carlin Wing; 2007 MFA graduate Heather Rasmussen; and CalArts Photography and Media faculty members Andrew Freeman and Allan Sekula. Start: 19:30
End: 21:30
CAP: This year’s spring production from the CAP/Plaza de la Raza Youth Theater Program is a new drama written by Culture Clash member Herbert Siguenza and staged with a cast of 45 high school-age CAP participants. A play inspired by El Soldado Razo –the classic work by Luis Valdez that was first performed in 1971 in connection with the Chicano Moratorium antiwar movement—Private Eddie U.S.A. takes a hard look at the impact of the war in Iraq as mourners at a funeral enact scenes from a fallen soldier’s life. Start: 20:00
End: 23:00
ART: Annual show of t-shirts designed and for sale by CalArts graphic design students, faculty and alumni. Start: 20:00
FILM/VIDEO: The School of Film/Video presents a juried selection of new live-action works by students in the Program in Film and Video and the Film Directing Program. Animation showcases are held at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. See http://film.calarts.edu/ for more information. Start: 20:00
End: 22:00
DANCE: The Spring Dance Concert includes two programs which will include the best of our student choreographers and performers, faculty pieces by Glen Eddy and Stephanie Nugent, and a graduate piece choreographed by Mira Kingsley. Tickets for this event will go on sale on Monday, April 21. General admission: $7. Alumni: $3. Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2. To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu. Start: 20:00
MUSIC: Chris Wheeler performs music by Vivaldi, Silvestrini, York Bowen, Kalliwoda and more. | ||
05 / 2
(all day)
ART: D300 Gallery: Roots by the Foundation Photography class D301 Gallery: Roots by the Foundation Photography class L-Shape Gallery: Some ol' Legion of Bourgeois Vant Garde by the Foundation Art class Main Gallery: Some ol' Legion of Bourgeois Vant Garde by the Foundation Art class A402 Gallery: Some ol' Legion of Bourgeois Vant Garde by the Foundation Art class Lime Gallery: Some ol' Legion of Bourgeois Vant Garde by the Foundation Art class (all day)
Start: 14:51
End: 23:59
ART: Curated by faculty member Allan Sekula in collaboration with the artists, this exhibition features work by 2008 MFA graduates Ian Arenas, Allie Bogle, Louisa Conrad, Lindsay Foster, Sidonie Loiseleux, Justin Long, Alejandro Sanchez and Carlin Wing; 2007 MFA graduate Heather Rasmussen; and CalArts Photography and Media faculty members Andrew Freeman and Allan Sekula. Start: 00:01
End: 23:59
FILM/VIDEO: A confessional booth that records individuals as they repeat what others have said to them. Start: 19:30
End: 21:30
CAP: This year’s spring production from the CAP/Plaza de la Raza Youth Theater Program is a new drama written by Culture Clash member Herbert Siguenza and staged with a cast of 45 high school-age CAP participants. A play inspired by El Soldado Razo –the classic work by Luis Valdez that was first performed in 1971 in connection with the Chicano Moratorium antiwar movement—Private Eddie U.S.A. takes a hard look at the impact of the war in Iraq as mourners at a funeral enact scenes from a fallen soldier’s life. Start: 20:00
MUSIC: CalArts guitarists perform traditional and original compositions for acoustic and electric guitars. Start: 20:00
End: 22:00
DANCE: The Spring Dance Concert includes two programs which will include the best of our student choreographers and performers, faculty pieces by Glen Eddy and Stephanie Nugent, and a graduate piece choreographed by Mira Kingsley. Tickets for this event will go on sale on Monday, April 21. General admission: $7. Alumni: $3. Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2. To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu. Start: 20:00
FILM/VIDEO: The School of Film/Video presents a juried selection of new live-action works by students in the Program in Film and Video and the Film Directing Program. Animation showcases are held at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. See http://film.calarts.edu/ for more information. Start: 22:00
End: 23:30
CAP: Join us as we celebrate CAP’s 18th birthday! We will be salsa dancing to the music of the CalArts Latin Jazz Ensemble led by master pianist and CalArts School of Music faculty David Roitstein. Plaza de la Raza is located at 3540 North Mission Road in Los Angeles. This event is free and open to the public. | ||
05 / 3
(all day)
ART: Curated by faculty member Allan Sekula in collaboration with the artists, this exhibition features work by 2008 MFA graduates Ian Arenas, Allie Bogle, Louisa Conrad, Lindsay Foster, Sidonie Loiseleux, Justin Long, Alejandro Sanchez and Carlin Wing; 2007 MFA graduate Heather Rasmussen; and CalArts Photography and Media faculty members Andrew Freeman and Allan Sekula. Start: 00:01
End: 23:59
FILM/VIDEO: A confessional booth that records individuals as they repeat what others have said to them. Start: 14:00
End: 16:00
CAP: This presentation showcases the work of teenage photographers, animators and video artists in CalArts CAP programs with Inner-City Arts, the Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, the Santa Clarita Valley Boys and Girls Club, Self-Help Graphics & Art, Visual Communications, and Bell High School. Start: 14:00
MUSIC: Recital featuring works by Cage, Feldman, Cardew and Pisaro. Start: 18:00
MUSIC: An evening of Javanese and Balinese music. Start: 19:00
FILM/VIDEO: The School of Film/Video presents a juried selection of new live-action works by students in the Program in Film and Video and the Film Directing Program. Animation showcases are held at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. See http://film.calarts.edu/ for more information. Start: 19:30
End: 21:30
CAP: This year’s spring production from the CAP/Plaza de la Raza Youth Theater Program is a new drama written by Culture Clash member Herbert Siguenza and staged with a cast of 45 high school-age CAP participants. A play inspired by El Soldado Razo –the classic work by Luis Valdez that was first performed in 1971 in connection with the Chicano Moratorium antiwar movement—Private Eddie U.S.A. takes a hard look at the impact of the war in Iraq as mourners at a funeral enact scenes from a fallen soldier’s life. Start: 20:00
End: 22:00
DANCE: The Spring Dance Concert includes two programs which will include the best of our student choreographers and performers, faculty pieces by Glen Eddy and Stephanie Nugent, and a graduate piece choreographed by Mira Kingsley. Tickets for this event will go on sale on Monday, April 21. General admission: $7. Alumni: $3. Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2. To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu. Start: 20:00
MUSIC: Recital featuring clarinet and bass clarinet with works by Lindberg, Haycraft and Xenakis. Also featuring solo, duo, trio and quartet improvisations and compositions by Walsh and friends. | ||
05 / 4
(all day)
ART: Curated by faculty member Allan Sekula in collaboration with the artists, this exhibition features work by 2008 MFA graduates Ian Arenas, Allie Bogle, Louisa Conrad, Lindsay Foster, Sidonie Loiseleux, Justin Long, Alejandro Sanchez and Carlin Wing; 2007 MFA graduate Heather Rasmussen; and CalArts Photography and Media faculty members Andrew Freeman and Allan Sekula. Start: 14:00
End: 16:00
CAP: Teenage musicians in the CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP) programs with Art-in-the-Park/Lalo Guerrero School of Music in Highland Park present an afternoon concert of Latin, choral, jazz, classical and world music works. Start: 14:00
MUSIC: Recital featuring original art, arrangements and compositions. Start: 14:00
ART: Although Allan Kaprow’s tenure as a faculty member at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) was short, he created some very significant works with CalArts students in the early 1970s. CalArts students, alumni, and faculty are revisiting Kaprow’s history at CalArts and will reinvent Publicity (1970), which was originally produced with and for the CalArts student body. In this Happening, students built improvised wooden structures in the desert area of Vasquez Rocks near CalArts, while others videotaped them and immediately replayed it for the participants. Start: 18:00
CRITICAL STUDIES: Staged reading of Robin Myrick's thesis play. Start: 20:00
MUSIC: The New Millennium Brass presents music by Henze, Schickele, Didkovsky and others. | ||
05 / 5
(all day)
Start: 00:01
End: 23:59
ART: Curated by faculty member Allan Sekula in collaboration with the artists, this exhibition features work by 2008 MFA graduates Ian Arenas, Allie Bogle, Louisa Conrad, Lindsay Foster, Sidonie Loiseleux, Justin Long, Alejandro Sanchez and Carlin Wing; 2007 MFA graduate Heather Rasmussen; and CalArts Photography and Media faculty members Andrew Freeman and Allan Sekula. (all day)
ART: D300 Gallery: Won''t You Be Our Neighbor? by the Graphic Design School D301 Gallery: Won''t You Be Our Neighbor? by the Graphic Design School L-Shape Gallery: Advanced Painting Show Main Gallery: Advanced Painting Show A402 Gallery: Fuzzy Pictures Exhibition Lime Gallery: There's a Head in My Door by Experimental Animation Mint Gallery: There's a Head in My Door by Experimental Animation Start: 20:00
MUSIC: The CalArts Improvisation Ensemble, under the direction of Susan Allen, presents a concert of spontaneous and slightly deranged improvisations. Start: 20:00
REDCAT: After casting painter and video artist Mania Akbari as the central figure of his groundbreaking Ten (2002), and then witnessing her outstanding debut as a feature film director in 20 Fingers (2004), Abbas Kiarostami urged Akbari to direct a sequel to Ten. In Dah be alaveh Chahar (10 + 4), though, circumstances are different: Mania is fighting cancer. She has undergone surgery; she has lost her hair following chemotherapy and no longer wears the compulsory headscarf; and sometimes she is too weak to drive. | ||
05 / 6
(all day)
Start: 00:01
End: 23:59
ART: Curated by faculty member Allan Sekula in collaboration with the artists, this exhibition features work by 2008 MFA graduates Ian Arenas, Allie Bogle, Louisa Conrad, Lindsay Foster, Sidonie Loiseleux, Justin Long, Alejandro Sanchez and Carlin Wing; 2007 MFA graduate Heather Rasmussen; and CalArts Photography and Media faculty members Andrew Freeman and Allan Sekula. (all day)
Start: 06:40
End: 23:40
ART: D300 Gallery: Won''t You Be Our Neighbor? by the Graphic Design School D301 Gallery: Won''t You Be Our Neighbor? by the Graphic Design School L-Shape Gallery: Advanced Painting Show Main Gallery: Advanced Painting Show A402 Gallery: Fuzzy Pictures Exhibition Lime Gallery: There's a Head in My Door by Experimental Animation Mint Gallery: There's a Head in My Door by Experimental Animation Start: 16:30
End: 17:30
Provost Nancy Uscher invites members of the CalArts community to join her for a discussion WASC and other important CalArts issues. Coffee service will be provided. Start: 19:00
FILM/VIDEO: Filmmakers Charlotte Pryce and Igor Kovalyov will introduce and discuss their work as part of the Structuring Strategies series. Start: 20:00
REDCAT: Israeli-born, London-based architect Eyal Weizman talks about the architecture of exclusion, violence and control in the occupied territories of the Middle East. Using architecture as an "arena of speculation" about possible futures of Palestine, Weizman deals with how Israeli settlements and military bases can be reused, recycled or re-inhabited by Palestinians, at the moment that it is unplugged from the military and political powers that charge it. | ||
05 / 7
(all day)
Start: 00:01
End: 23:59
ART: Curated by faculty member Allan Sekula in collaboration with the artists, this exhibition features work by 2008 MFA graduates Ian Arenas, Allie Bogle, Louisa Conrad, Lindsay Foster, Sidonie Loiseleux, Justin Long, Alejandro Sanchez and Carlin Wing; 2007 MFA graduate Heather Rasmussen; and CalArts Photography and Media faculty members Andrew Freeman and Allan Sekula. (all day)
Start: 06:40
End: 23:40
ART: D300 Gallery: Won''t You Be Our Neighbor? by the Graphic Design School D301 Gallery: Won''t You Be Our Neighbor? by the Graphic Design School L-Shape Gallery: Advanced Painting Show Main Gallery: Advanced Painting Show A402 Gallery: Fuzzy Pictures Exhibition Lime Gallery: There's a Head in My Door by Experimental Animation Mint Gallery: There's a Head in My Door by Experimental Animation Start: 17:00
End: 18:00
CAP: Each semester, CAP, in partnership with Inner-City Arts, brings animation education to an elementary school in Los Angeles. This event will feature an original collaborative animated film conceived, edited and directed by fifth graders under the guidance of CalArts School of Film/Video Assistant Dean and Character Animation faculty Leo F. Hobaica, Jr. and CalArts School of Film/Video students and alumni. Start: 17:00
End: 18:30
CAP: The event will celebrate the publication of an anthology of writings by William Hart High School E.S.L. students participating in this CAP creative writing program. Students will be reading and performing a selection of texts written during this year-long creative writing program. This program is a collaboration among the CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP), William S. Hart High School, the CalArts School of Critical Studies and the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations. Start: 20:00
THEATER: Enter the off-kilter world of Linda Carvel, fictitious daughter of the famed New York ice cream mogul. A heavy dollop of puppet tragicomedy, a sprinkle of kitsch-surrealism and more than the recommended daily allowance of weird. Start: 20:00
MUSIC: Clay Chaplin's Music and Image class presents a concert of film, image and sound. | ||
05 / 8
(all day)
Start: 00:01
End: 23:59
ART: Curated by faculty member Allan Sekula in collaboration with the artists, this exhibition features work by 2008 MFA graduates Ian Arenas, Allie Bogle, Louisa Conrad, Lindsay Foster, Sidonie Loiseleux, Justin Long, Alejandro Sanchez and Carlin Wing; 2007 MFA graduate Heather Rasmussen; and CalArts Photography and Media faculty members Andrew Freeman and Allan Sekula. (all day)
Start: 06:40
End: 23:40
ART: D300 Gallery: Won''t You Be Our Neighbor? by the Graphic Design School D301 Gallery: Won''t You Be Our Neighbor? by the Graphic Design School L-Shape Gallery: Advanced Painting Show Main Gallery: Advanced Painting Show A402 Gallery: Fuzzy Pictures Exhibition Lime Gallery: There's a Head in My Door by Experimental Animation Mint Gallery: There's a Head in My Door by Experimental Animation Start: 08:40
End: 23:40
ART: Rebecca Morales is an Los Angeles based artist who shows with Bravin Lee and Daniel Weinberg, where she has a show coming up this Fall. Her work was also included in Eden's Edge: Fifteen LA Artists at the Hammer Museum. Please check the link below for more information: Start: 20:00
THEATER: Enter the off-kilter world of Linda Carvel, fictitious daughter of the famed New York ice cream mogul. A heavy dollop of puppet tragicomedy, a sprinkle of kitsch-surrealism and more than the recommended daily allowance of weird. | ||
05 / 9
(all day)
Start: 00:01
End: 23:59
ART: Curated by faculty member Allan Sekula in collaboration with the artists, this exhibition features work by 2008 MFA graduates Ian Arenas, Allie Bogle, Louisa Conrad, Lindsay Foster, Sidonie Loiseleux, Justin Long, Alejandro Sanchez and Carlin Wing; 2007 MFA graduate Heather Rasmussen; and CalArts Photography and Media faculty members Andrew Freeman and Allan Sekula. (all day)
ART: D300 Gallery: Won''t You Be Our Neighbor? by the Graphic Design School D301 Gallery: Won''t You Be Our Neighbor? by the Graphic Design School L-Shape Gallery: Advanced Painting Show Main Gallery: Advanced Painting Show A402 Gallery: Fuzzy Pictures Exhibition Lime Gallery: There's a Head in My Door by Experimental Animation Mint Gallery: There's a Head in My Door by Experimental Animation Start: 10:30
End: 12:00
Provost Nancy Uscher invites members of the CalArts community to join her for a discussion of the current state of the CalArts Strategic Plan. Coffee service will be provided. Start: 19:30
End: 21:30
CAP: This year’s spring production from the CAP/Plaza de la Raza Youth Theater Program is a new drama written by Culture Clash member Herbert Siguenza and staged with a cast of 45 high school-age CAP participants. A play inspired by El Soldado Razo –the classic work by Luis Valdez that was first performed in 1971 in connection with the Chicano Moratorium antiwar movement—Private Eddie U.S.A. takes a hard look at the impact of the war in Iraq as mourners at a funeral enact scenes from a fallen soldier’s life. Start: 20:00
MUSIC/THEATER/DANCE: The Schools of Music, Theater and Dance present a first-time collaboration with comic opera Platée. General admission: $7. Alumni: $3. Start: 20:00
THEATER: Enter the off-kilter world of Linda Carvel, fictitious daughter of the famed New York ice cream mogul. A heavy dollop of puppet tragicomedy, a sprinkle of kitsch-surrealism and more than the recommended daily allowance of weird. Start: 20:30
DANCE: This concert features a selection of undergraduate student works from the full program of Spring Dance presented in the Sharon Disney Lund Dance Theater at CalArts. This production offers the students an opportunity to present their choreography and perform in a professional theater. The program includes the work of guest choreographer Mira Kingsley who has created a piece performed by the BFA graduating class of 2008. | ||
05 / 10
(all day)
ART: Curated by faculty member Allan Sekula in collaboration with the artists, this exhibition features work by 2008 MFA graduates Ian Arenas, Allie Bogle, Louisa Conrad, Lindsay Foster, Sidonie Loiseleux, Justin Long, Alejandro Sanchez and Carlin Wing; 2007 MFA graduate Heather Rasmussen; and CalArts Photography and Media faculty members Andrew Freeman and Allan Sekula. Start: 14:00
End: 21:30
CAP: This year’s spring production from the CAP/Plaza de la Raza Youth Theater Program is a new drama written by Culture Clash member Herbert Siguenza and staged with a cast of 45 high school-age CAP participants. A play inspired by El Soldado Razo –the classic work by Luis Valdez that was first performed in 1971 in connection with the Chicano Moratorium antiwar movement—Private Eddie U.S.A. takes a hard look at the impact of the war in Iraq as mourners at a funeral enact scenes from a fallen soldier’s life. Start: 14:00
End: 20:00
THEATER: Enter the off-kilter world of Linda Carvel, fictitious daughter of the famed New York ice cream mogul. A heavy dollop of puppet tragicomedy, a sprinkle of kitsch-surrealism and more than the recommended daily allowance of weird. Start: 15:00
CRITICAL STUDIES: The School of Critical Studies presents a reading by MFA candidates in its Writing Program. The readings and performances will include work that crosses genres, engages hybrid forms, and questions the distinction between the experimental and the conventional. Start: 20:00
MUSIC: CalArts composers, both students and faculty, join Ajay Kapur and the CalArts' Robotic Instruments in a 21st century multimedia presentation. Start: 20:00
MUSIC/THEATER/DANCE: The Schools of Music, Theater and Dance present a first-time collaboration with comic opera Platée. General admission: $7. Alumni: $3. Start: 20:30
DANCE: This concert features a selection of undergraduate student works from the full program of Spring Dance presented in the Sharon Disney Lund Dance Theater at CalArts. This production offers the students an opportunity to present their choreography and perform in a professional theater. The program includes the work of guest choreographer Mira Kingsley who has created a piece performed by the BFA graduating class of 2008. | ||
05 / 11
(all day)
ART: Curated by faculty member Allan Sekula in collaboration with the artists, this exhibition features work by 2008 MFA graduates Ian Arenas, Allie Bogle, Louisa Conrad, Lindsay Foster, Sidonie Loiseleux, Justin Long, Alejandro Sanchez and Carlin Wing; 2007 MFA graduate Heather Rasmussen; and CalArts Photography and Media faculty members Andrew Freeman and Allan Sekula. Start: 14:00
MUSIC: A recital of Hindustani music. Start: 20:00
MUSIC: Recital featuring works by Hovhaness, Takemitsu, Meltzer, Carter and Scirrino. (all day)
MUSIC: Sonic Boom ensemble will feature their arrangements of works by Philip Glass, Throbbing Grissel, Pink Floyd and many more in a marathon concert exploring older New Music under the direction of Ulrich Krieger. | ||
05 / 12
(all day)
Start: 00:01
End: 23:59
ART: Curated by faculty member Allan Sekula in collaboration with the artists, this exhibition features work by 2008 MFA graduates Ian Arenas, Allie Bogle, Louisa Conrad, Lindsay Foster, Sidonie Loiseleux, Justin Long, Alejandro Sanchez and Carlin Wing; 2007 MFA graduate Heather Rasmussen; and CalArts Photography and Media faculty members Andrew Freeman and Allan Sekula. (all day)
MUSIC: Sonic Boom ensemble will feature their arrangements of works by Philip Glass, Throbbing Grissel, Pink Floyd and many more in a marathon concert exploring older New Music under the direction of Ulrich Krieger. (all day)
ART: D300 Gallery: Won''t You Be Our Neighbor? by the Graphic Design School D301 Gallery: Won''t You Be Our Neighbor? by the Graphic Design School L-Shape Gallery: Portfolio Review-Theatre School Main Gallery: Portfolio Review-Theatre School A402 Gallery: Context REvolt Class Exhibition Lime Gallery: Artists for Social Justice Group Exhibition Mint Gallery: Artists for Social Justice Group Exhibition (all day)
Community: StayBite showcases work that investigates, questions, and advances social justice issues in its content and/or process. StayBite includes incendiary text pieces, video screenings, original music compositions, photography, drawings, poster art and t-shirt art. Artists: Marlene Beltran, Caroline Chang, Diego Garza, Nicholas Grider, Vriginia grise, Monica Hicks, Luba Lukova, Elana Mann, Vita Rabinovich, Amanda Vigil and CAP/Digital Media Youth Participants. (all day)
Community: StayBite showcases work that investigates, questions, and advances social justice issues in its content and/or process. StayBite includes incendiary text pieces, video screenings, original music compositions, photography, drawings, poster art and t-shirt art. Artists: Marlene Beltran, Caroline Chang, Diego Garza, Nicholas Grider, Vriginia grise, Monica Hicks, Luba Lukova, Elana Mann, Vita Rabinovich, Amanda Vigil and CAP/Digital Media Youth Participants. Start: 10:00
End: 18:00
THEATER: Graduating and continuing set, costume, lighting and sound designers; technical directors; stage managers; production managers; and producing students will present their portfolios. This review represents the vitality, industry and creativity of their work, and is an opportunity to share with the professional community at-large. Please visit www.portfolio.theatercalarts.com. Start: 20:00
MUSIC: A concert of new works featuring winds and other instruments by composers in Bill Powell's Writing for Woodwinds class. Start: 23:00
MUSIC: Compositions, arrangements and improvisations that include the music of Arvo Pärt/DJ Shadow, Brahms, Ravel and NWA. | ||
05 / 13
(all day)
Start: 00:01
End: 23:59
ART: Curated by faculty member Allan Sekula in collaboration with the artists, this exhibition features work by 2008 MFA graduates Ian Arenas, Allie Bogle, Louisa Conrad, Lindsay Foster, Sidonie Loiseleux, Justin Long, Alejandro Sanchez and Carlin Wing; 2007 MFA graduate Heather Rasmussen; and CalArts Photography and Media faculty members Andrew Freeman and Allan Sekula. (all day)
Start: 08:27
End: 23:27
ART: D300 Gallery: Won''t You Be Our Neighbor? by the Graphic Design School D301 Gallery: Won''t You Be Our Neighbor? by the Graphic Design School L-Shape Gallery: Portfolio Review-Theatre School Main Gallery: Portfolio Review-Theatre School A402 Gallery: Context REvolt Class Exhibition Lime Gallery: Artists for Social Justice Group Exhibition Mint Gallery: Artists for Social Justice Group Exhibition (all day)
Start: 09:00
End: 21:00
Community: StayBite showcases work that investigates, questions, and advances social justice issues in its content and/or process. StayBite includes incendiary text pieces, video screenings, original music compositions, photography, drawings, poster art and t-shirt art. Artists: Marlene Beltran, Caroline Chang, Diego Garza, Nicholas Grider, Vriginia grise, Monica Hicks, Luba Lukova, Elana Mann, Vita Rabinovich, Amanda Vigil and CAP/Digital Media Youth Participants. | ||